Keep in mind all on this forum might be biased about wrestling. Most schools cutting programs are looking at huge budget adjustments all over the country. I am talking between $100,00 and excess of a million. Middle school wrestling might account for $2000 to $5000 (ballpark) so another 40 to 100 likewise cuts?
Adminitstrators and schoolboard members need a minimum 3hrs. of Business class credit. Maybe a workshop on "bang for the buck".
4 day school weeks (same amount of total hours) $80,000 a year savings.
Middle School athletics is more than preparation for high school athletics. Kids doing nothing structured after school at this age is dangerous.
Kids wrestling is close to imperative for most individual champions but not absolutely. Lyons is usually 50/50 kids and late starters on the high school team. We won league and regionals a few times. We have been 4th to 10th at state a few times.
An occasional placer or champion might not save a high school program but a winning team cannot hurt.

If you begin to cut middle school wrestling, cut em all. Think about it. We all coached football, wrestling, basketball, gymnastics and baseball soccer before middle school. We just do it through 8th grade. They get better competition anyway.

Once again what middle school wrestling does here in Lyons is helps fill our HS team. Tourneys and duals are better when folks bring close to full teams.
By the way, we are fighting to keep our MS program here. My advice to all is when you begin to hear such rumblings get after it. Do not wait until it is on the table and 3 people might make the meeting to gripe.